Joel Collins arranged a long but fabulous day out to Hakone for 11 young adults. The itinery sounded impressive and ambitious with talk of open air museums, cable car rides, lake ferry rides, good Japanese cooking, relaxing onsens, etc. We met at 7.30 am at Shinjuku Station and got the 8.43 pm train back from Hakone Yumoto. This is our day out....
The store owners must be used to new friends for Uncle Ted
It's only 10.30 am and the girls are flagging......Joel is trying to get some more spirit into those tired limbs
Richard Man (feeling a little sea-sick), and Yoko Ito after getting off the ferry boat at Lake Ashino-Ko
The
Checkpoint
In days of old before the end of the Meiji era, the checkpoint at Hakone was an important
series of buildings where travellers were searched and their papers examined before being
allowed into the town. Women were confined here and used as currency as a means of
controlling power in the region. These life-like officials guarded and kept order in the
area.
The Hakone Open Air Museum
The highlight of the trip. Some wonderful paintings, sculptures, and pottery were seen at every corner. No stuffy old museum feeling here......
The famous Family by Henry Moore